Had To Do Something About Those Shoulders

 The absolute single main object of today was to green stuff the storm bolters to those hands.

With a couple of hours spare I had a look at the Space Wolf Terminator sprue for bits I could use to make it look more wolfy.

Just waiting for the ammo belts to arrive so I can fix the arms in place and get the belts in place.

Those faux fur shoulders need a bit of work to get them to fit better but I think I'm there now and, once the shoulder fur is sorted will get some paint on it. I'll paint the parts separately, at least today. 

I Did That Thing Again

 Yesterday I was aiming to get the ammo pack on this. In the dry fittings I'd done before it was obvious the exhaust pipes would need to be moved. I cut them off, and trimmed some bits off the metal power plant to give me a flat surface. Mixed up some green stuff and stuck the pack on and then being sensible about the exhaust I turned it 90° and put off to one side.

I then cooked tea for my daughters of Toad in the Hole 

It probably needed 10 more minutes but my youngest had to go to work. There was veg and gravy as well. 

This morning I did some of the cleaning I've been putting off for a while and found this guy, can't remember the company, but it's Lord Flash Hart from Blackadder the 2nd and 4th.

I also found these, slightly less than an hour after I'd ordered some more from Zinge Industries. The box these were in also had a Brutalis dread in it which had been planned for the Blood Angels dreadnought army that's gone by the way side, so just wanting on the bits to land from Ebay and the next Redemptor Björn can be started when I've finished the 2 I already have on the go.

I got the havoc issue out and cut the rota cannon off the frame and tried it on the arm but it is too big. 

Another bit in that box was a couple of land speeder assault cannons which are again to big for this build but expect to see how they look on the Brutalis.

One of the Wulfen bodies donated a tabard as Björn's wolf pelt is too wide. When the upgrade sprue arrives I'll see what bits will go on this. 

I think my next day working on this is Tuesday morning, which will be fitting the storm bolters under fists. If I can get away with glue then I'll also fit the ammo belts, if it's green stuff that'll be it.

A Productive Day.

 The bases arrived for both Chuck versions of Björn, the Chaos version is mounted.

The Khorne Greigor Fell Hand on Juggernaut which has started the idea for a new army next year was finished, I just need to find the Stirland Mud technician paint for that.

So the next Björn the Fell Handed has been started. The original, short legged version of the Dreadnought. 

I trimmed down the power pack on it's back and cut the exhaust pipes off, turned them through 90 ° and green stuffed those back on, as well as adding an ammo pack from the chaos havoc issue of combat patrol, to save me some cash. Now I'm leaving those alone. 

On to the hands. I commented #technoheresy and chopped the cast bolters from the back of the hands. I'm open to suggestions here but personally, I'm leaning towards using the Wulfen claws on this one.

Edit

Yeah that doesn't work. 

Plan For The New Year, New Army.

 In the way this sort of thing happens, I had an idea. Long ago I started the alternative Björn The Fell Handed project, on the bus to work this morning I decided to try and grab a Kharne The Betrayer to use some bits on the Juggernaut riding Björn, so it looked more Khorne flavoured.

After I'd finished work this afternoon I walked across Preston and found the Warhammer Store closed. I then mooched back across town to Harlequins and found they don't have Kharne in stock, however they did have the Khorne Berzerkers box in stock.

This simple purchase sparked an idea;

 I'm already getting the Combat Patrol series, there is a both a Chaos Marine patrol and a Khorne Berzerkers combat patrol, which up to this point was getting boxed and handed in to the food bank at Christmas for someone to receive, outside of Björn on Juggernaut this is still what could happen. The plan is to build and paint both the Chaos and Khorne patrol as a Fallen Space Wolf force.

As far as painting goes the only difference from the Space Wolf guide will be carroburg crimson as the shade over agrax earthshade. Trim will be bronze with an ivory accent.

Monthly Vow 12th of September To The 12th of October

 Despite 2 weeks of near constantly being in work I did get something done, although yeah I didn't build those Terminators. However I did move forward with the Björns, even to the extent of planning another Redemptor version, I just need to check what bits I have to use from the various kits I have knocking around, so redemptor Brutalis Björn is probably an October - November project. 

September to October current plan:

I've already got the Juggernaut painted for the Khorne version of Björn, I'll probably go and change the sword arm to a chain axe later, as that thought just occurred to me, unless I have a Kharne in the chaos dreadnought box. I'm on my way to work right now so can't go and check which is really annoying, doubly so as this was supposed to be day 2 of 3 days off. Right so this Björn is on pause right now till my Kharne issue is resolved. 

The Björn dreadnought bits are being checked today/tomorrow as I know where they are, then those bits can be ordered over the month.

 I also need to order the flexible ammo feeds from Zinge for the little Björn, I don't need an ammo pack as I have the havoc sprue from Combat Patrol, I will need a couple of bolters though. Hang on how many rota cannons come in the havoc box... Will check that one later as well. 

There's Radukar the Beast to finish, I forgot I was giving him the dreadnought shield, so that's unpainted right now. 

TL/Dr 3 different versions of Bjorn, 2 bases and build those Terminators for practice. 

Review time.

My week off was nice I went to a concert, Ocean Colour Scene supported by the Inspiral Carpets in Blackpool which meant a day trip as I booked the hotel on line and had no idea where it was, which meant a day trip to Blackpool and I finally reached the cafe that Cassian Andor gets arrested at. 

I also polished off Lions Blades First Company with the Horus Heresy era Preator. 

Nothing major with this one. He's been added to the Inner Circle Companions and will cross the Rubicon Primaris, in the real world never, but in the narrative of the Chapter, when the current deployment ends. The 1st Company box has been packed away until the  fracking Assault Terminators are released, which is when I'll get around to the Satanine terminators probably. 

And onto this guy. 

The new Terminator arms worked and absolutely helped push this guy over the threshold. 

The Deamon Prince bits are probably a little bit over size for this mini, but the axe works as does the power pack and it is good to have this nearly finished. 

I added a tail to avoid the awkward look of the stinger on a canid looking dreadnought and head off the dogs bo---cks question. 

Near, oh so near now. There's a base on the to mount this and the little guy on as well, which should be here soon. I'll check order details in a bit. Once the base is here, there is a tiny bit of touching up to do and this one is done. 

On this guy I need to remove the bolters, mount the claws, add the ammo pack and feeds, mount the guns, move the exhaust and fix the trophy rack. 

I've used a different Greigor just for the reason it's easier to paint 

Juggernaut is done though, just need to think how I want to do the base.

I've got the lightning claw to fit better, I did a bit more filing on the brace on the right arm and just glued it the fist and it looks so much better.

The primary focus is the Juggernaut riding Björn for now, yes it's the easy dopamine success I know.